Pak J Med Sci
Table of Contents
Editorial
| Professional competencies required for Editors of Biomedical Journals | |
| Shaukat Ali Jawaid, Masood Jawaid |
Original Articles
| Pneumatic Balloon Dilatation for Achalasia Cardia; Early & late results, a single center study | |
| S. Waqar H. Shah, Arshad K. Butt, Anwaar Ahmed Khan, K. Malik, Altaf Alam |
| Patient safety awareness among postgraduate studentsand nurses in a tertiary health care facility | |
| Attia Bari, Uzma Jabeen, Iqbal Bano, Ahsan Waheed Rathore |
| Values of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in the diagnosis of Central NervousSystem associated infectious diseases | |
| Dongfeng Zhang |
| Clinical Audit of Dengue related deaths in 2011at Mayo Hospital Lahore Pakistan | |
| Somia Iqtadar, Nabeel Akbar, Mehreen Mehmood, Sajid Abaidullah |
| Is it safe to have multiple repeat cesarean sections? A high volume tertiary care center experience | |
| Alper Biler, Atalay Ekin, Aykut Ozcan, Abdurrahman Hamdi Inan, Tayfun Vural, Emrah Toz |
| Predictors and correlations of emotional intelligence among medical students at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah | |
| Nahla Khamis Ibrahim, Wafaa Ali Algethmi, Safia Mohammad Binshihon, Rawan Aesh Almahyawi, Razan Faisal Alahmadi, Maha Yousef Baabdullah |
| Career choices of Medical doctors at Graduate level ‑ A Multicenter Study | |
| Sadaf Zia, Maisam Abbas, Mehreen Sulaiman, Salman Matiullah Sheikh |
| Effect of oil gauze silver dressings on diabetic foot ulcers in the elderly | |
| Hong Du, Chang Yan Dong, Chang Yan Dong, Wen Juan Liu, Wen Juan Liu, Rong Xiang Chi, Rong Xiang Chi |
| Rapid screening of pyogenic Staphylococcus aureus for confirmation of genus and species, methicillin resistance and virulence factors by using two novel multiplex PCR | |
| Abdul Haque, Asma Haque, Muhammad Saeed, Aysha Azhar, Samreen Rasool, Sidra Shan, Beenish Ehsan, Zohaib Nisar |
| Comparison of analgesic effect of preoperative topical Diclofenac versus Ketorolac on postoperative pain after Corneal Collagen Cross Linkage | |
| Murtaza Sameen Junejo, Muhammad Saim Khan, Asad Habib, Muhammad Amer Yaqub, Mazhar Ishaq |
| An evaluation of thyroid autoimmunity in patients with beta thalassemia minor: A case-control study | |
| Ali Ramazan Benli, Sati Sena Yildiz, Mehmet Ali Cikrikcioglu |
| Doubly committed Subarterial Ventricular Septal defect repair: An experience of 51 cases | |
| Tariq Waqar, Muhammad Farhan Ali Rizvi, Ahmad Raza Baig |
| Comparison of pressure vs. volume controlledventilation on oxygenation parameters of obese patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy | |
| Reza Movassagi, Majid Montazer, Ata Mahmoodpoor, Vahid Fattahi, Afshin Iranpour, Sarvin Sanaie |
| Clinical outcome of 23g Trans-Conjunctival pars plana vitrectomy:A prospective comparison of Phaco-Vitrectomywith only vitrectomy in phakic eyes | |
| Haroon Tayyab, Asad Aslam Khan, Rana Muhammad Mohsin Javaid |
| Association of single Nucleotide Missence Polymorphism Val109Aspof Omentin-1 gene and coronary artery disease in Pakistani population: Multicenter study | |
| Shazia Nazar Askari, Sitwat Zehra, Abid Azhar |
| Atypical Chemokine Receptor 1 polymorphism cannot be used as an indicator of liver fibrosis progression in Hepatitis C virus positive patients | |
| Lin-Nan Shao, Shu-Ting Zhang, Shi-Hang Zhou, Wei-Jian Yu, Ming Liu |
| Psychometric analysis of Anatomy MCQs in Modular examination | |
| Zia ul Islam, Ambreen Usmani |
| Vitamin D supplementation improves FEV1 in patients of Bronchial Asthma | |
| Zafar Majeed Babar, Mazhar Hussain, Sadia Abdul Majeed |
| Exclusive breastfeeding practices in working women of Pakistan: A cross sectional study | |
| Aroona Sabin, Farida Manzur, Saleem Adil |
| Occurrence of oral habits among preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorder | |
| Fares S Al-Sehaibany |
| Outcome of burr-hole aspiration of brain abscess | |
| Shakeel Ahmad, Lal Rehman, Ali Afzal, Raza Rizvi |
| Transpedical interbody bone grafting in the treatmentof senile osteoporotic vertebral fracture | |
| Zhiwei Qin, Hong Liu, Guiying Chen, Guifeng Liu, Peng Zhang, Haitao Zhu |
| Visual and anatomical outcome of macular hole surgery at a tertiary healthcare facility | |
| Komalta Kumari, Muhammad Ali Tahir, Alyscia Miriam Cheema |
| Changes in empathy during Medical Education: An example from Turkey | |
| Fusun Artiran Igde, Mustafa Kursat Sahin |
| Feto-maternal outcomes and Glycemic control in Metforminversus insulin treated Gestational Diabetics | |
| DR RABIA ARSHAD, DR SAMIA KHANAM, DR FUAD SHAIKH, DR NASIM KARIM |
| Drug poisoning and associated factors in Western Saudi Arabia: A five-year retrospective chart review (2011–2016) | |
| Sami Hamdan Alzahrani, Ali H. Alqahtani, Fayssal Mostafa Farahat, Mohammed Abdel Galil Elnour, Jamil Bashawri |
| Posterior occipito cervical decompression with fixation and fusion in Cranio vertebral junction compression | |
| Lal Rehman, Iram Bokhari, Ali Afzal, Shakeel Ahmad |
| Clinical effects of Ganglioside and fructose-1, 6-diphosphate on neonatal heart and brain injuries after Asphyxia | |
| Xiaojing Zhu, Hongya Li, Congmin Zhang |
| Correlation between Hyperhomocysteinemia and Common Carotid Artery Intima media Thickness in Carbamazepine treated Epileptic patients using Ultrasonography | |
| Shazia Bano, Nudrat Anwar Zuberi, Syed Munawar Alam |
| Operating room professionals’ attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors | |
| Pinar Ongun, Seyda Seren Intepeler |
| Outcomes of intravitreal bevacizumab and macular photocoagulation for treatment of diabetic macular edema in a tertiary care eye hospital at Karachi | |
| Adil Salim Jafri, Aziz ur Rehman, Abdul Haleem Mirani, Saleh Memon |
| Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiovascular complications after birth asphyxia in term neonates | |
| Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh, Mohsen Shahidi, Ghodratollah Evazi |
| Prevalence and Predictors of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder | |
| Bushra Akram, Mehak Batool, Zeeshan Rafi, Abrar Akram |
| Assessment of work-related Asthma cases: Our three-year experience | |
| Ayse Coskun Beyan, Nur Safak Alici, Arif Cimrin |
| In-Vitro Transcription analysis of NS5A from HCV-3a circulating in Pakistani patients with chronic hepatitis C and their differential response to antiviral therapy | |
| Shameem Bhatti, Sobia Manzoor, Fahed Parvaiz, Javed Ashraf, Farakh Javed |
| Clinicopathological features associated to MiRNA-195expression in patients with breast cancer: Evidence of a potential biomarker | |
| Farkhunda Nadeem, Hanif Muhammad, Akhtar Ahmed, Qamar Jamal, Adnan Khan |
| Standing out with Professionalism: How do Students and Faculty of two different Medical Schools perceive it? | |
| Kamran Sattar, Sue Roff, Durdana Siddiqui, Sultan Ayoub Meo |
| Frequency of Type-2 diabetes mellitus in Nephropathic patients and comparison of mean magnesium levels in Nephropathic patients with and without Type-2 diabetes mellitus | |
| Mariam Azeem, Adil Iqbal, Nasir Farooq Butt, Fawad Ahmad Randhawa, Uzma Malik |
| The attitudes of fertile and infertile women to Oocyte donation in a Muslim and Secular population | |
| Mehmet Musa Aslan, Vedat Ugurel, Koray Elter |
| Frequency and the risk factors of hepatitis C virus in pregnant women; A hospital based descriptive study in Gadap Town Karachi | |
| Kausar Jilani, Bushra Zulfiqar, Qadir Bux Memon, Muhammad Faisal Fahim |
| Congenital Hypothyroidism in Neonates of a Tertiary Care Hospital | |
| Adeel Ahmad, Anam Wasim, Shahida Hussain, Muhammad Saeed, Bilal Munir Ahmad, Khalil ur Rehman |
Review Article
| Food Exchange List and Dietary Management of Non-Communicable Diseases in Cultural Perspective | |
| Mahnaz Nasir Khan, Samia Kalsoom, Ayyaz Ali Khan |
Special Communications
| Pakistan’s Recommendations for Optimal Management of Diabetes from Primary to Tertiary care level (PROMPT) | |
| A. Samad Shera, Abdul Basit, PROMPT Team |
Short Communication
| Medical Education Journal Club: Two years’ experience at King Saud University | |
| Samina A. Khan, Mona M. Soliman |
Case Reports
| An Unexpected Reason for Isolated Foot Drop: Acute Stroke | |
| Eylem Kuday Kaykisiz, Erden Erol Unluer |
| Pseudoaneurysm of Left proximal Common Carotid Artery following penetrating trauma | |
| Rehana Shaikh, Saba Sohail, Parvez Ahmed Shaikh, Qamar-un-Nisa Nisa |
| Primary Gastric Burkitt’s lymphoma | |
| Adnan Khan, Sarbiland Khan, Umair Arshad |
